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The Washburn A Mill complex, Minneapolis, June 1978. Visible are the elevators, the mill building (the northeast end and northwest side), offices, and a utility building. Photograph by George R. Adams.

Washburn A Mill, ca. 1877

Cyanotype of Washburn A Mill, ca. 1877, before the 1878 flour-dust explosion.

Washburn A Mill, ca. 1885

Washburn A Mill, ca. 1885.

Washburn A Mill, ca. 1991

Washburn A Mill ca. 1991, after a fire.

Washburn A Mill, Minneapolis

Washburn A Mill, Minneapolis, rebuilt after the 1878 explosion, ca. 1882.

One-sheet poster advertising the Washburn Mills in Minneapolis, 1889.

Washburn Mill Company advertisement

One-sheet poster advertising the Washburn Mills in Minneapolis. It highlights the importance of mechanization, local wheat and water power, and global ambition to the firm. Included in the 1889 carnival edition of the St. Paul Dispatch.